Was Superman a genius in the comics?Posted by Fox Mulder on 7/10/14 at 10:27 am

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I know Bruce Wayne is, and I never read superman comics, but a few things from MOS had me wondering

Superman: "you want to know where I hang up my cape" 20 seconds later "I grew up in Kansas"

maybe the military will now take note of the destruction in smallville...hey anyone know about a 6'5 ripped dude who may be the center of some strange events?

Superman to Zod when zod loses his mask and is overwhelmed by his super senses: "my mother taught me to focus on only what I wanted to hear" Hey thanks supes, why don't you help out the genocidal maniac some more.

anyway, did the yellow sun give Superman genius intellect (if he did have it) or was he a genius by kryptonian standards? Or are kryptonians all super geniuses compared to humans?

Sentrius can probably help me out a lot on this...and I blame him as he stopped sending me my fix of online superman comics.

re: Was Superman a genius in the comics?Posted by Hawkeye95 on 7/10/14 at 10:33 am to Fox Mulder

Superman's origins have varied over time, as has his powers. Anyway, I haven't read a ton of superman but in the newer stuff he is really smart. He is not a tactician and strategist like batman but he is much smarter than the average human.

Superman was a genius, back when he was THE superhero in the DCU. As Seinfeld used to joke, all of Superman senses were heightened by exposure to our yellow sun, so Superman should've had Super-Sense-of-Humor as well.

There are different levels and versions of genius. Superman and Flash had the gift of super-fast thinking, but they lacked the detective's intuition of a Batman.

You had the Einsteins of their day, Luthor (possibly another villain or two), the modern day Mr. Terrific, etc.

You had the super-technicians, Blue Beetle and the other heroes that "invent" their super weaponry.

And you had those with pure wisdom. Captain Marvel by way of Solomon, and Dick Grayson by way of his upbringing by Batman and Superman.

There was a Justice League arc in the 2000's that had the JLA presumed dead, and Batman's contingency plan kicked in, informing select heroes that they were now members of the new JLA. The pre-selected leader of that team was Dick Grayson, which to me was the obvious choice.